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Divine Science
Those who take up the study of Christian Science soon become aware that in Mrs. Eddy's writings much emphasis is laid upon the influence of the Holy Ghost or divine Spirit, also named by Christ Jesus "the Comforter." On page 55 of Science and Health she says, "This Comforter I understand to be Divine Science." As this statement is apt to be startling to those who have only a creedal acquaintance with the manifestation of divinity known as the Holy Ghost, it may help to elucidate the subject if we ponder her further statements on page 127, where we read that "the terms Divine Science, Spiritual Science, Christ Science or Christian Science, or Science alone," are used interchangeably by the author. She then adds, "These synonymous terms stand for everything relating to God, the infinite, supreme, eternal Mind."
It is profoundly interesting to read in the gospels of the outpouring of this divine influence at the beginning of the Christian era. We read that Zacharias, father of John the Baptist, "was filled with the Holy Ghost," and foretold the coming of the Science of salvation through Christ Jesus. We are also told that Elisabeth his wife "was filled with the Holy Ghost," and the angel who announced to Mary the coming of the holy child Jesus, said, "The Holy Ghost shall come upon thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee." We also read that Joseph and Simeon were illumined in the same way, and John the Baptist foretold the coming of the one who should baptize "with the Holy Ghost and with fire."

April 3, 1915 issue
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"As one having authority"
JOHN SIDNEY BRAITHWAITE, M.A.
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Ministry of Patience
LOUISE KNIGHT WHEATLEY
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True Coin
ELINOR SPARGUR WEIL
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Tokens of Divine Love
LUMAN A. FIELD
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Peace
GERTRUDE RING HOMANS
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In an announcement of a lecture on Emanuel Swedenborg...
Charles E. Jarvis
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"No other gods"
Archibald McLellan
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Likeness and Revelation
John B. Willis
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Divine Science
Annie M. Knott
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Admission to Membership in The Mother Church
John V. Dittemore
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The Lectures
with contributions from Philip Marshall Brown, J. S. McCracken, H. E. Don Carlos, Frank H. Leonard, Rupert Eichholzer, S. C. Ford
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After enjoying for seven years the blessings which the...
Maud Gerald-Richardson
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For some time before I heard of Christian Science, I longed...
Martha L. Gannaway with contributions from J. T. Gannaway
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Six years ago I came to Christian Science for relief that I...
Augustin Morrell
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It is with a feeling of joy and gratitude that I offer my...
Stockford Wheaton
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I became interested in Christian Science a number of years...
Alice C. Taylor
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I have made many attempts to send an expression of...
Elizabeth M. Bell
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Those who do not understand that all disease or inharmony...
Theodore Seifert
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It is from a heart overflowing with gratitude that I send...
Andrew Thisted
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From Our Exchanges
with contributions from James E. C. Sawyer, R. J. Campbell